Recent advances on the soluble carbon nanotubes

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 572-590

  Kharisov, Boris I ^a   Kharissova, Oxana V ^a   Gutierrez, Hector Leija ^a   Méndez, Ubaldo Ortiz ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; AMINES; BIOMOLECULES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ESTERS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; IRRADIATION; MICROWAVE HEATING; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; RADIOISOTOPES;

20TH CENTURIES; ACIDIC MEDIAS; CURRENT TECHNIQUES; ELEMENTAL METALS; FUNCTIONALIZATION; INORGANICS; MACROCYCLES; MICROWAVE TREATMENTS; ORGANIC MOIETIES; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PULSED STREAMER DISCHARGES; SOLUBLE CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 61649125195     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie800694f     Document Type: Review

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